{"id":11717,"date":"2017-01-16T13:17:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T13:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/?p=11717"},"modified":"2017-01-16T14:33:46","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T14:33:46","slug":"the-republic-of-chernobyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/the-republic-of-chernobyl\/","title":{"rendered":"The Republic of Chernobyl by Petr Toman"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s nothing pretty about Chernobyl.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It has poisoned the minds and bodies of hundreds of thousands of people and is still at it. Nobody can stop it oin its course, only time will. As long as people keep living here, so will Chernobyl.<\/p>\n

It is perpetuating itself by poisoning the human gene. How are we supposed to fight it when it\u2019s managed to impose itself into the very essence of man and has become a part of him? It\u2019s\u00a0running through our veins, this mighty enemy. It\u2019s as dangerous from the medical point of view, as it is (if not more) for the human soul.<\/p>\n

It has changed us.<\/p>\n

But Chernobyl is not a thing of the past, a mere episode which took place a quarter of a century ago. It lives on and kicks strong. It cannot be surgically removed or driven out of one\u2019s head. Unrestrained, it makes its own rules, as if creating a new form of life. It\u2019s an anomaly. And people have always feared anomalies.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the living dead in the closet of humankind. What are we supposed to do about it? We have no choice but learn our lesson from what happens, if humankind aims too high, and stay humble.<\/p>\n

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Petr Toman<\/p>\n

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